Paring machine



Feb. 13, 192.3..

- I J. F. KHLER PARING MACHINE 21,l 1921 5 sheets-sheet 1 hzlueoemc Feb. 1,3, 1923.

- 1,445,144 J. F. KOHLER PARING MACHINE Filed Apr'. 21, 1921 Fell.y 13, 1923.

J. F. KOHLER PARING MACHINE 5 lsheets-sheet ."5

Filed Apl. 21, 192].

Feb. 13, 1923.

J. F. KOHLER PARING MACHINE 5 sheets-'sheet 4 Filed Apr. 21, 1921j @am am d',

4 a- MQ 353 M atented liebt. l, 1823s JOHN F. KOHLER, OF LARCHIYTONT, NEW YORK.

PARING MCHINE.

Application rueaJipi-u 21, 1921.

To all u2/710m` t may concer/n Be it knoivn that l, JOHN ll. Kor-Hirn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident or' Larchmontn in the county oi" lllestchester and State ot New York, have 'invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Paring; Machines, of which. the iiollof'ing is a specification. v

My invention relates to machinef-s for paring edible products. have adapted it to the paring ot" coooanuts and l have shown it embodied in a structure more especially adapted for that purpose although it Will be apparent that my invention is not limited to this particular use. lu the paring' of' cocoanuts it is desirable that the thin broi'vn skin be removed over every part of the cocoanut and with as little Waste of meat as possible. The cocoanuts vary greatly in both size and shape and it has been dilicult to remove every part ot the brown skin Without repeating the cutting' operation over over some portions of the cocoanut and thereby removing' portions ot the meat wasteiiully. It is dillicult to provide means Jfor holding` the coeoanut so that all parte oi it may be pared and therelore it. has been proposed to pare one halfthe cocoanut in a machine and to then replace the halt pared nut in the same 'or another machineroversed, to pare the other hall oit the nut1 but it is difficult to handle the hall pared nuts. The object oiE the present invention is to provide a iin-whine which will grip and hold the nut with et least one halt thereof eX- posed to the action ot a paring knife for pairing' one half the nut and which will automatically transter the heli pared nut to a. second holder which will. hold the nut With its unpared halt' exposed to the action ot a paring' knife. lt is only necessary 'for the operator to place the out in the tirst holder and trom then until the out is eni'zirely pared the machine opera tes automatically.

ln the preferred construction both halves of the nut are pared stnrti Vtrom the equator and ending' at one ot the poles oi the nut :is this makes it possible to pare all `portions of the nut and to pare nuts o'f varying sizes and shapes without repeating the cutting` action over any part of the nut andthus Wastingr the meat. y

ln the preferred embodiment of my 1nvention the nut holding devices are carried on revolving turrets, the turrets being; so

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positioned that the holders on both turrets turrets is in position with one oi its nut holding' devices prepared to receive the nut and While the operatoriisengagedinplacing' the nut in the holder a previously ted nut is being' pared on its y At the same time, a previously half pared nut is being' transferred from the first to the second turret. -On the second` turret, and during; the above described period, one holder' is receiving the half pared nut from the first turret, anotherfnut held in the second turret is being' pared over its second hali und another nut is being discharged from the second turret. Each `o'lZ these individual functions can vbe performed in about the length ottime required `for the operator to feed a nut into one oli the holders and by overlapping' the functions or by simultaneously performing' the several functions're'erred to the machine is made to pare the nuts as 'tast as the operator can properly feed them into the machine. Otherwise. e lapse ot' time would have to be allowed 'oc'- l' en the :feeding` operations for the 'lunctions to be carried out by the machine and the output would be very limited.

Various other advantageous will be apparent 'trom theiiollowinh' detailed description oil'- my invention.

ln the draivinp; forming' part oi this appli- `cation, y

.frure fl. ,is a plan vieu7 illustrating' the principal parts oit' my paring machine. with the turrets in position for the transfer ci a rt from one 'turret to the other; the turret mei, being' omitted.

` lligruic f2 a side elevation ol the machine showing; the transiter' of a nut from one turret to the other,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on `the line 3 3 of Figure EL the `turrets being shown diagrammatically,

first half portion.

Figure i is a sectional view of one of the chucks for holding a nut,

Figure 5 is an end View of the head of one of the chucks,

Figure 6 is an end view of the mechanism for operating the movable parts on the axially shiftable turret,

Figure 7 is a sectional diagrammatic view illustrating the means for shifting one of the turrets axially,

Figure 8 is a detail end view of one of the paring devices,

Figures 9 and 10 are detail views ott parts thereof,

Figure 11 is a diagrammatic view shovving the operation of the axially shiitable turret,

Figure 12 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the operation of the paring device tor one ot the turrets, l

Figure 13 is a similar view illustrating the operation oit the paring devicefor the shittable turret7 Figure 14 is a detail view ot a .modified Geneva movement tor operating the turrets,

Figure 15 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the operation ot the means for operating the chuck in the shiitable turret ivhen it takes the nut from the turret,

Figure 16 shows the means for operating to open the chuck on the first turret to permit thev transfer ot the nut, and

Figure 17 is a sectional vieiv taken on the line 17-17 oft Figure 6.

I prefer to make one of the turrets shirtable axially toward and i'roni the other 'turret in order that the' turrets may be brought close together for the transiter ci: the nut from one turret to the other and in order that the turrets may be separated to permitthem to revolve Without intertering and, Without interference between the several nuts carried by them. Vilhile either or both turrets may bc made to shift l have chosen to illustrate my invention embodied in a machine wherein the second turret .is shitted axially and wherein the first turret merely revolves. in many respects the turrets are alike so that much ot the description will apply to both turrets alike. ll shall reiter to them as the tirst and second turrets to distinguish them, and the tirst is the one vwhich receives the nuts originally While the second turret receives the halt pared nuts t'ro'r'n the hrst turret,

The machine embodies a suitable trame lfor supl'aorting the various workiiu parts oi the machine. The turret 1 is mounted at one side o t the trame While the second turret 2 is mounted on a movable carriage 1l which travels on the tracks or rods 5 in a direction toivard and troni the irst or stationary turret. There is a cam 6 on the shaft 7 ,and this actuates roller 8` on a bar 9 sliding in the bearii'igs 1G; and this unal?7 torce the sleeve 2S to the right bar reciprocates the carriage 4t to move the second turret toward and trom the iirst turret each time the turrets are partially revolved, for a purpose Which will appear hereinafter.

The first turret is constructed and operated as follows: v

The turret comprises in part a hub 11 which revolves on a shaft 127 being iiXed to the latter, and trom this hub extend three pairs ot arms 137 the arms oit each pair being parallel and provided on their outer ends With bearings 14 in which are journaled the sleeves 15 of the several chucks. The pairs or arms 13 are preferably arranged radially ot the hub 11, 1200 apart so that there will be three chucks on the turret and as the turret turns one third of a revolution at each operation these several pairs ot arms and chucks successively stop at similar positions. dlach pair of arms 13 carries chuck for holding` and revolving a cccoanut or other article to be acted upon, and in Figures e and 5 l have shown in detail the construction of one of these chucks. All the chucks on both turrets may be constructed the same so that the description here may apply to all chucks.

'llhere is a sleeve 15 Which revolves in the bearings 1&1 on the outer ends of a pair of the arms 13 and at one end this sleeve is proi'fided with a fixed gear 16 throughlwhich the chuck is revolved as will appear hereinatter. r'lt the other end ot this sleeve there .is a head 17 provided With a nuu'iber ot pairs or' upstandinp; ears 18 arranged in a circle around the head. ln each pair ot ears there is a pin 19 on which bell crank levers 2() are fulcrumed, and these levers constitute the nut holding` members of the chuck. rlhe levers 2O each have an arm 21 projecting away from the head 1'? and provided on its tree end with a pin 22 ior piercing the cocoanut suiiicientl)7 to secure a non-slipping hold without extending all the way through the meat ot the nut as that would release the liquor or milk. ltach pin 22 projects through the iree end of an ejector' spring 2?) mounted ou the arm 2l. it] hen the pins 22 pierce the cocoanut the sgrings 23, engaging the outside oit the nut, are retracted and when the arms 21A are swung out to release the nut these springs serve to strip or push the cocoauut oli the pins 212 to release the uut trom the chuck. The other arms 2li of t ie levers 20 liavcvheads 25 which euoagje iu the rooves 26 oi: a member 2i" carried ou an inner sleeve 28 which reciprocates iu' side the sleeve 15. rThere is a coiled spring 29 s-uu'roumliuu the sleeve 28 and lying Within the sleeve 15.1 and it is compressed between the head 17 and a collar 30 frz-red to the sleeve 28. The purpose ot this spring is to norin Figand 'this tends to move the arms 24 ure 4l to the right in this ligure and consequently the arms 2l are moved radially inwardly toward the airis of the lchuck to grip the cocoanut between the several arms y2l for vthe purpose of holding and revolving it. The sleeve 28 has a head 3i on its free end which is acted upon by a cam to move the sleeve 28 to the left in Figure 4, as will appear hereinafter, and this action opens the several arms 2l to release the cocoanut. llhere is a spindle 32 passing'through the sleeve 28, one end of which projects: beyond the head 3l of the sleeve 28 to be acted upon in a manner 'subsequently described. The other end of this spindle carries a center plate 33 having a concave recess to receive one of the poles of the nut andhaving a pin 34 to partially pierce the nut. This plate 33, co operates With the arms 2l to hold the nut in position in the chuck and it may be forced inwardly more or less against the action of the compression spring 35, when the nut is' placed in the chuck, so that the pins 22 of the arms 2l will engage the cocoanut to leave slightly more than one half thereof exposed to the action of the paring knife. The spindle 32, as Will be made apparent, is adapted to be reciprocated in the sleeve 28 so that the plate 33 assists in ejecting the nut from the chuck. T he chucks on both turrets are preferably all as here described and l prefer to provide three such chucks on each turret or one for ea ch pair of arms 13. rlhe l2 carrif'ing the first turret', is revolved vintermittentl)Y a third of a revolution at each operation; and in Figure lthave shown a modified Geneva movement for this purposen The shaft .l2 carries a. disk 36 provided Withthree gearsegments 37 between which are the arcuate locking edges and there are three pins o9 on the disk near the gear segments @n the shaft t0 there is a disk fri provided With gear segments 42 which mesh, with the gear segiuents 3'? periodically; and between the segments 4:2 there are locking surfaces siii Which cooperate with the recesses 38 in the disk 36 to prevent thc latter disk from revolving except when the gear segments 4:2, 3T are in mesh` There are arms lt?) on the disk il to engage the pins 39 and initiate the turning of the disk 36 to bring the segments /l-2. 3T into mesh. Each revolution of the shaft 40 ca cs the shaft l2 to revolve tivo-thirds of a revolution. The intermittent revolution of the turret l causes the three chucks to advance one position at each operationso that tl'i'ev successively pass from position A, which is the first or nut receiving position` to the position B, which is thesecond or paring posit-ion; then to position C which is the discharging or transferring position.

The main shaft is driven by any suitl able power, as hv a belt (not shown) engaging over the pulley 46 (see `Figure 2) and the operating force for all mechanisms is' distributed fromthisshaft. Aty oneuend of f this shaft 45 there isa sprocket 47 and the chain 4&8 engaging over this sprocket also engages over and drives the sprocket 49 and the shaft 50 on `which the lattery is mounted. .There is a second sprocket 5l on the shaft 50 and from this the power is i transmitted by a chain52 to the sprocket53 and this drives the shaft 7 on which the cam 6 for shifting the second turret vaxially is mounted.

The shaft 50L has a small gear 5ft which ,i

meshes With. a gear 55 and thus serves to drive the shaft 56 which is slightly above and to the left of the shaft 50 in Figure 3.

The shaft 56 carries a cam 57 which oper- `ates the knife carrier, as ivill be apparent hereinafter.

The shaft 50 also has a large gear 58 and as each chuck comes into position B its gear `16 comes into mesh With the large gear 58 Awhich carries one of the disks t1 of the AGeneva movement for intermittently re volving the first turret.l

There is a stationary, arcuate cam 60 (see Figures 2 4and 3) with Which the head 3l of the sleeve 28 on the chuck device commences to enga-ge just as the chuck leaves position and moves toward position A. As the chuck device moves from position C toposition A, this cam member 6() graduallyforces over the inner sleeve 28 of the chuckand'this opens the lever arms 2l and prepares them to receive a nut by thetiine the chuck reaches the position A. Just as the chuck reaches position' A, the spindle 32 passesfrom the cam, 60 into contact with the end of a plunger 6l which is pressed by a spring 62 to hold the plate 33 forward to receive the end of the cocoanut against it. lt the cocoanut is long itl will belpresseii against the plate 33 and the llatter will he forced inwardly against the resistance of' the plunger 6l., so that the arms 2l of the chuck willgrip the cocoanutalmost upto its equator. When the chuck moves from posis tion yA toward position B, the member 3.1,

disengages from the plunger 61" and the clamping` arms 2lv grip the cocoanut under the action of the chuck spring '29. About the same time the spindle 31 disengages from the plunger 6l so thatvthe-spindle 32 and the plate 33 arethen only subject to the light action of thespring 35.`

. through the erin 3l ot the sleeve Q8 is in lin-e .vith a plunger 63 which is pressed away 'from the cap 3l by a compression spring` 65. rThere a cani 64- On the shaft 7 and this engages the plunger 63 and forces it to the right in Figure 17. to open the nut clampingV arins Ql While the chuck is 'in position C and just about the tiine the nut has been gripped by the chuclr oit the second turret.

First paring device. rThe first halt ot the nut is pared While the chuck which holds it is in position B. lt will be recalled when a chuelr is in position B its gear 16 is in mesh with gear 58 on the sha-tt 50 so that at While the chuck in position C the cap such times the chuck is revolved and the nut revolves with it, at least one-halt the nut being,- exposed beyond the ends otvthe arms 2l to the action oi the paring device. This paring' device is constructed as follows:

'llhere is a horizonte lv ljiositioned 'nr-,r 66

haif'ingr rack teeth 67 on .itsI outer. tree end. There is a` rod 68 sliding` .in the boss 69 of the traine it extends. parallel with the bar 66; and this rod 66 is periodically reciprocated in one direction by a cani 57 on the shaft 56 -(see Figures l and 3) and it is moved in the opposite direction by the coiled spring` 7() which is compressed between the collar 7l on the rod 68 and the stationary arin 72 lined to the bar 66. On the outer end ot the rod 66 there is fixed a head or bloclr 73 which slides on the bar 66. This head carries a shalt 74el which has apinion 75 meshing with the rack 67 on the bar .tis the block 73 inoves torwariil and hack with the rod 68 the pinion 75 is acted upon by the stationary rack 67 and this causes the shaft 74 to oscillate. This shaft 75l carries a pair ot parallel, spacerL 76 one ot which has 't'orl 77 forming a bearinjir tor a pin 78. This pin is secured 79 vwhich carries the lznite and the pin 7 6 is the point ot 'tulcruin tor the knife arm 79. The other arni 76 on the shat't 741 has a 'fork SO tor A.guidine' the Ytree end et the knife arni 79. There is an arm 'Sl tired to the knife arm and this is acted upon by an extensible spring,` S?, having); one end engaging); the arin 8l andthe other end fixed to fork 80, for the purpose ol: swinging; the imite arrn 79 in the direction necessary to hold the hnite against the revolving; nut.

S?) carried upon the i The lrnite head tree end oit' the. imite arni 79 has a guainll plate ness-,141i

rt the commencement rot this operation the hea d 7 3 is in retracted position and the huile first engages the nut at its equatorial line. The nut makes at least one revolution before the head73 startete nuove, in order that a complete cut may be made around the nut before the knite starts to move toward the pole oit the nut. rlhen the cani 57 commences to act on the rod 68 and it forces the latter and the head 7 3 outwardly along, the bar 66. rlhe raclr 67 acts on the pinion 75 to rotate the sh att 74- and this causes the arnis 76 and the knife arm 7 9 to move in arcuate paths, i. e. the arin 79 nieves in a seniieircle eXce it in so tar as its motion is nioditied by the irregularity ot the cocoanut. The block 73 and therefore the pivot 7% moves along the har 6 a distance approximately one halt the length of the average cocoanut. so that the imite swings and it travels longitudinally et the cocoanut held in the chuck. Une-halt ot the cocoanut is thus pared While revolving,

fith the chuck in position B. The turret l then revolves 1260 and the halt-pared nutv is carried to position C ready to be tra-nsparing' operation.

.in most respects the second turret is like the iii-st one except .tor its position and the parts associated -with it are `very much the saine. l ain therefore using the saine reiterence numerals ler parts of the second turret as were usen in describing the lirst one, except that Ator the second the numerals are all prinie. The above description maybe applied to turret No. 2., it the `prime nonibers are lollovred in place oit corresponding non-prinie numbers above.

The principal difference between the second turret and the irst is in. its position. The second turret laces in the opposite direction to the first one so that it may ta-lre the nuts from the lil-st one. The center of the second turret is below that ot the i'irst one, as shown in Figure L so that the chucks in positions (l and il will be in axial aligninent and this is the only time that the chucks ot the tivo turrets align and it is neccssary only tor :the transfer: of the nut trom one turret to another automatically.

The several. gearsq earns` plungers, paring); device chucks, etc, relating); to the second turret are all like those relating to the rst one and are numbered the same but the nurnbers are prime. as above stated.

The second turret device is all mounted ou the carriage fl which reciprocates on the tracks 5 under the action ot the cani 6 as herein above described. YPower is transmitted trein the inain shalt e5 hy means ot mitre gear operating:l on a mitre gear 67 on a short shalt 8S.

short shaft 90. rlhe latter has a mitre gear 9i which lmeshes with and operates a gear 92 in the chuck Which stands in position Cperation: The operator feeds the nuts to the :it turret device. rilhe nut is placed it en the first turret, the pole or apen of the nut being pressed against the plate 33 and the latr forced over in opposltiouto the sprii'ig plunger Gl so that when the arms2l close on the nut they will roach almost to the -riuator thereof.

The `nut is momentarily held in this posi-v tion until the turret starts to rotate and then the spindle 32 is released from the plunger 6l and the sleeve 28 is forced outwardly by its spring 29 and this causes the arms 2l to close on the nut with the pins 22 piercing its surface. The above is the only operation to be performed by the operator.

The chuck having thehalf projecting nut rotates with the first turret 1200 and it comes to rest in position B. rlhe `gear 1G is by this time in mesh with the gear 58 and the chuck` is then rapidly revolved on its own axis and, of course, the nut revolves With it. lVhen the nut moved With the chuck to position B it came into contact With the paring knife 85 and as the nut commences to ree volve, the knife starts at the equator of the nut to cut off' a paring. l/Vhen the nut has made one complete revolution the cam 57 commences to operate on the rod 68 and through the latter it moves the head 73 which carries the knife device. As the head 73 moves outwardly along the bar 66 the pinion 7 5 is revolved and this causes the shaft 74 to revolve and to advance about moved .to position C and another nut` isy moved into position B. The halffpared nut reaches position C about the same time that one of the chucks of the second turret arrives at osition A1 with its gripping arms open. hile the first turret remains stay tionary, the carriage 4 and the second turret 2 are moved along the tracks 5 toward the first turret. The open arms 2P of the chuck cam 641, and the arms 211 of the chuck on turret 2 close on the nut and grip it firmly.

The cam 64 now operates on the rod G3 to open the arms 2l of the chuck on turret No. l so that the nut may be removed from this turret. The nut hasnovv been gripped by the chuck on turret No. 2 and it has been released by the chuck on turretr No. ll, all of which occurs While thesey chucks are in axial alignment or in positions A1 and C'. lf the nut Was properly fed to turret No. l7 will be properly positioned in turret l o. 2. o i i The carriage l novv reverses and. moves away from turret No. l under the action of the cam 6. When the carriage has fully re-v tracted, the turrets are free to rotate Without interference. The second turret, novv supplied vvith the half pared nut transferred to it from turret No. l is revolved about its own axis 120O andv this brings the chuck having the half pared nut into position B1 and the nut is brought into contact with the second yparing device. The gear 161 also comes into mesh With the gear 581 sol that this chuck is rapidly revolved. The cam 571 now operates on the rod^681 to reciprocate the head 731 and this causes the arm791 to svving and to move along one half of the length of the nut and this paring device operates exactly they same as did the first one. lt Will start to pare the nut at the equator and continuey along the unpared half of the nut until it reaches the second pole or apex.

`When this paring operation is completed the second turret is revolved ou its own axis l2()o and this brings the fully pared nut into position C1, Which is the final discharge po-v sition. lVhile the chuck is movingto po-l Lion C1 the cam 601 operates on thev spindle 321 and headr3l1 to 'push over the; sleeve 281 of this chuck and this opens the leverarms 2l and the pared nut falls out of the chuck in position C1, into anyreceptacle placed there to receive it.

The above operations are repeated over and over again. After several nuts have been fed to the first 'turret the machine will, be overlapping in the above functions. That is to say7 the operator Will always 'be feeding a nut to the chuck inposition A While the turrets are idle; a`nut will-be iu paring position B7 having one half pared Whenever the turrets are not revolving; a nut will be in the process of being transferred from one turret to the other in positions C and A1; at the same time a nut Will be undergoing the second paring operation at position B1; and at the same time a nut will be discharging at position vC1 from the second turret. Thereforeythe machine may be operated as fast as one paring for paring one-half the product While held by one ot' said gripping devices, and means for paring the other half of the product while held by the other of said gripping devices, and means :tor causing said paring devices to pare from the equator to the respective poles oi the product.

8. ln a device of the class described, the combination oit.' a plurality ot' turrets and inea-ns for intermittently revolving the same, a plurality oft' gripping' devices on each turret for holding the product to be pared, arranged whereby a gripping device of one turret will align with a gripping device of the other turret'in one position of said turrets, nieans i'or causing the product to be transferred from a gripping device of one turret to a. gripping device of the other turret While said gripping devices are in alignment, devices for paring portions oi the product While held by the gripping devices of either turret, and means for revolving said gripping means While in position ior the product to be acted upon by said paring devices.

9. In a device oit the class described, the combination of a. plurality oi' turrets and means for intermittently revolving the saine, a plurality of gripping devices on each turret for holding the product to be pared, arranged whereby the gripping devices oi the respective turrets Will align in one position of said turrets, means for causing the product to be transferred from a gripping device of one turret to a gripping device of the other turret While said gripping devices are in alignment, a device for paring a product held by a gripping device ot one turret and a paring device 'for simultaneously pan ing a. portion of a. product held by a gripping device of the other turret.

10. ln a device of the class described, the combination ot' a. revolvable turret and at least three gripping devices tor holding the product to be pared, spaced radially around said turret, means for intermittently revolv ing said turret, means for holding open a gripping device in one. position of rest of the turret, means torgparing a portion of the product in a gripping device at another po-` sition ot rest, means igor releasing the product from a 'gripping device in another pof sition of rest, a seco-nd turret having at least three gripping devices adapted to successively align with the gripping devices of said iirst turret, meansy tor intermittently revolving said second turret, ine-ans ior closin@- a gripping device of said second turret vvhile aligned With a gripping device of said ltiret turret, means for paring a portionof the product held in a gripping device of the second turret after it has shifted from its receiving position, and means for opening a gripping device of the second turret after itI has shifted from the paring position,A to discharge the product.

Signed at the city, county New York, on the 13th day ont April, 1921.

- JOHN F. KHLER.

`and State of y 

